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A. c. JOHNSON CAN Filed Feb. 1, 1927 I; l" :.(I.

Dec. 18, 1928.

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, l 1,695,286 PA ,0F-FICE fnnnnnr c. manson, or cmoneo, rumors can, l

. Appmauonlnlea February 1, 1927. serial ne. 165,222,

This invention relates to open Atop receptacles,` more particularly `commercial metal cans for carrying to the ultimate purchaser materials which requiretight sealing during transportation andY which are consumed" in varying, comparatively small quantities less than the whole, at various separate times.

The object ofthe. invention is to provide a s receptaclel of this class with a permanently sealed cover and. with a separate, readily openableand closable service or dispensing.

cover devicethe two so constructed land combined that the seal cover may .be easily removed by an ordinary can opener and removed without interfering with or injuring the service cover'devce.

' A further object of the inventionis to con- I neet the seal cover and the side. walls of the` -necessar lmetal ofy .-of each of the sidewalls of the receptacle, p it bein understood'inthe art that it is much Aj than two.

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numerals represent the same 4o'. .Figure 1 is 'receptacle or can by a .tight roller seam such .as 1s 1n common u'se in providing hermetically sealed cansand to connect the servlce cover device thereinto without its being to make a three-ply roll, viz. the each of the two covers and the metalv more cult'tov roll three sheets ofmetal "The invention consists means for attaining -the ljoregoingv andr other ob'ects; which can be'eas'ily cheaply ma e; which is satisfactory 1nuse und 1s not readily hable in'numerous features and details of cone hereafter'morerfullyset forth in. and claims.'

erring the drawings in.- which likei: parts throughoutthe'several'views; 'l l y 'a rspective view of the exteedpganembodying this inyeneen.4 l

with the severed portion ofthe Seal cover removed and with' the service cover removed.

JFigure 3 `is'a vertical, central, sectional The illustrate a: conventional. llfoi'm. of can lbod hav -a bottom 10,.side` v "walls 12 of llexib e'mterial so that they can `be bent in theroll- 14-.to'permanently secure inplaoe-.theseal covert-.16, having its outer v4eicibleetl`ge ,18 entering the seal 14 in ob vious mannernshownmhlure: 1118i@ the een, .vk advent-tof can, whereulp the seal cover 16, is the service cover comprising,-in the particular case here illustrated a friction service cover 2O of .substantially smaller diameter'. than the can, and clear on all sides ofthe walls 12 ofthe can, and an annular support-ing ring 24:.A 'This service cover 20 is designed .to frictionally, detach- Y ably fit into a central perforation 22 formed a.

in the supporting' ring 24 whose outer edge 26 engages for only a short'distance between the seal cover v16 and the side wall 12 of the can at the linegor point Where the materials of theseal cover and the side wall i be in to' roll together into the roll 14, as hereto ore described. The` result of this construction is that, asclearly shown in Figure Vtraverse the depressed ortion 30 of seal cover 16 which is immediateyedjacent to this depression 28 'and severl theseal cover along the irregular surfacey 32 of Figure 2 so as to.

yeffect removal ofthe central portion yof the seal cover vwithout said knifes contacting any .-adr'acent portion of the ring 24.-.

he result of this construction that the material 34,- to bel delivered to the customer, can be packed in the rece tacle and the cover devices can be arrange fas clearly shown j in Figuresv 15 and 3/under which circumstances, the sealed receptacle is 4ready ,forv

shi ment. AThen the purchaser or ultimate user receives the receptacle, he takes a can opener or, the'like, forces it through the material" ofthesealcover. 16A at Athe point l30 and manipulatessaid can openin tool to traverse the irregular line 32o Figure 2 to thus sever'the seal cover center and permit its removal, as shown in Figure 2. After this removalof-the central portion bf the' seal cover, the remaining parts are ready to stand on' a shelf or the like until. the operator desire to -ilse the contents 34 of the shown in ig'ure 2, and can thereupon 4reach into the can and remove-contents 34 to such extent as replacing cover 20 after each partial removal o on helifts out lcover 20,'.as

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From. thefforegoing description, it wil1-v Seen thatas or1ginally..packed, as shown in Figures 1- and'B, a tightly sealed receptacle is provided suitable or'sae shipment 5; under comercial shipping conditions, and

that the contents -34 of the can are-sealed for as long a period as may be required by the roll seal 14; that when 'the receptacle reaches the ultimate user, the-seal cover can 15 as may be require for di ensation of small parts, .less than all, 'of t e contents 34: as may be desired.- o f Having thus described my invention, what I claim as-nevv and desire to secure 'by Letl 'ezfters Patent is:

l. In a device offthe class described, a .side walled, open top receptacle', asealcov'er over the open top ofsaid receptaele, means attaching said cover to the'edgesof theside 'Q5 walls offsaid receptacle, a temporary service cover. inside'the receptacle adjacent the 4sea-l'. cover, and secured, at its edge at the upper ed e` of the receptacle, -said'cover being so s aped that a can opening instru- I -ment maytraverse and cut the seal coverl without injury to the service cover. 2. Inacan, a side AYwalled. open top receptacleof exible material in which the top edges of the side Walls can be rolled, a

seal cover over thetop of the can secured in place by rolling the tops of ,the side walls of the can and the outer edge of the cover to# gether and a service cover-device inside the can adjacent the seal cover secured in place '40- by having the edge of the service covervde'- `clamped between the seal cover and Aside wall of the receptacle for a short distance onl at the line Where they begin to roll toget er.

3. In a device ofthe class describetLa container, a sealed-on vtop cover secured its peripheral edges to said container and having a body portion closing the container,

said top cover', said service cover being secured vat its edges to the container by the edgesA of the to the service' cover, container.-

'4. In a device of the class described, a

container, a sealed-on top cover secured vat remains secured tg the a4 secondary service cover arranged beneath cover whereby, vupon re' v moval of thfebo y-Iportion of the top cover,

itsperipheral edges to said container and having a body portion closing the container, Va s condary service cover arranged beneath sai opgcover, said service cover being secured at its ,edgestothe containerby the dges of the top cover-,said service cover eing so `spaced from said top cover that the latter may' be removed by a suitable cutting instrument without'damaging the vservice cover. a J 5. In. a device of the class described, a container, :a sealed-,on top cover secured across the container opening, and a second inner cover arranged across the container opening 'and secured in placel b said.top cover, Asaid inner'coverjbeing so ormed and arranged, beneath the topl cover, that the lattermay be removed by cutting it adjacentits peripheral edge without 'damaging the inner cover immediately therebeneath.

In witness Whereof,.I have-hereunto sub- A 

